A New Hampshire man faces his fourth driving while intoxicated charge after allegedly hitting an officer while fleeing police.

Northbridge police said they were called to a local restaurant at about 2 a.m. for a report of an intoxicated man, later identified as Keith Fair, 51, of Troy, New Hampshire. When police approached him, he fled in his 2003 Saab, striking a police officer.

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Fair fled on Route 122 then turned onto a dirt road, where he tried to ram pursuing cruisers, police said. Fair was stopped and arrested on High Street.

Fair faces charges of operating under the influence; failure to stop for police; reckless operation of a motor vehicle; speeding; marked lanes violation; assault with a dangerous weapon; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.